It's possible I'd find something else to do this year to get more patches, but probably not. There are hiking challenges you can do that you pay for, and part of the porceeds go to various charities. It's a great concept, but I can't pay $25 for a patch.
There are two categories of swag I got this year: stuff I earned and stuff I bought.
These are earned. The certificate, round patch and NCT sticker are for the Hike 100 Challenge. I finished that on June 12, in the Adirondacks. My NCT mileage for this year is now at 221.3. Not bad. Not great.
The other patch and sticker are for a challenge created by the Cadillac Area Land Trust. 30 miles for 30 years. You can still get this until the end of the year. Go to their website.
On the right is a sheet of paper with a wooden nickel and a ribbon. This was a scavenger hunt quest you could to at the Hike Fest. There were 12 questions you had to answer. The coordinates were given and the answers were mostly on interpretive signs. It was a fun game!
I also bought some cool stuff at Lake Sakakwea State Park. The patch has the name of the park on a knapsack. The hiking stick medalion has the NCT terminus sign.
The other two are stickers they had for sale.
I felt better today. Not hugely energetic, but I managed to keep moving and worked on putting things away and doing various small jobs that needed to be finished up. Still chicken and corn to eat. Yum! Diane and now Marie are both home safely. I guess that means this adventure is really finished.
And, yikes! August is nearly finished too. Where has the summer gone?
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